Last week, I attended a momentous event for those of us here in Minneapolis. Our 100th Social Media Breakfast. No other SMB...
Did we blow our chance to change the marketing world with social media?
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Arik’s Social Media Blog
Arik’s social media blog has been in publication for more 12 years and recognized by industry outlets like PRWeb and PRWeek as one of today’s leading industry blogs. With 1,500+ posts, his content is frequently syndicated on popular sites like PR Daily, Social Media Today, Business Insider and Ragan.com.
Should you remove author names from blog posts when employees leave?
Last week, together with my friends at Bellmont Partners, we held our most recent Talking Points event focused on corporate...
The next generation won’t watch TV news–at all (and that’s a big problem for PR)
Reading my morning paper last weekend, I came upon this story in the Variety section of the Star Tribune. It talks about a...
How I’m supporting the #HeForShe movement in 2018
Over the last week, I've had three separate, but distinct, experiences: I listened to #HeForShe founder, Elizabeth...
Growing my blog has been all about…
Last Saturday, I had the great honor to keynote the eighth Minnesota Blogger Conference. I say "great honor" because this...
PR Rock Stars: Maccabee PR’s Paul Maccabee
If you've worked in the PR field in Minneapolis/St. Paul over the last 25 years, it's virtually impossible that you haven't...
A comprehensive list of 57 corporate blogs in Minnesota
List posts are a dime a dozen in our industry. I've written about this "phenomenon" before. Most are geared strictly to...
The number-one challenge facing social media advocacy programs (and why it really isn’t a challenge at all)
A few weeks ago, notable consultant, Jen McClure and JEM Consulting announced findings from its 2017 State of Employee...
Everyone wants to be on a list–and you shouldn’t have to apologize for it
A few weeks ago I received an email from Anuj Agarwal, founder of something called Feedspot. Yeah, don't feel bad. I had to...
Power of Possible Podcast: U.S. Bank takes interesting approach with new podcast
Forty percent of Americans age 12 or older have listened to a podcast at some point. And, according to consultant, Jay...